Solomon Continues to Build
1 Solomon built his house [over] thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.
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He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; one hundred cubits its length, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams atop the pillars.
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It was covered with cedar above, and the supporting beams which [were] on the forty-five pillars, fifteen [to] the row.
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[There were] three rows of specially designed windows; [with] window to window three times.
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All of the doorways and the doorframes [had] four-sided casings, with opening to opposite opening three times.
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The hall of pillars he made fifty cubits [in] its length and thirty cubits [in] its width, and a porch [was] {in front of them}, with pillars and an overhang {in front of them}.
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He made the hall of the throne where he [would] pronounce judgment, the hall of justice, and [it was] covered with cedar from the floor to the rafters.
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His house where he would live in the next courtyard on the inside of the porch was like this work, and he would make a house like this porch for the daughter of Pharaoh whom Solomon had taken [as wife].
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All of these [were] of precious stones, according to the measurement of dressed stone, sawn with a saw {on all sides}; from [the] foundation up to the eaves and from [the] outside up to the great courtyard.
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[The] foundation [was of] precious stones, [and] large stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits
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with precious stones above, {just the right size}, and cedar.
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The great courtyard all around had three rows of dressed stones and a row of cedar beams; for [both] the courtyard of the inner house of Yahweh and for the porch of the house.